BATON ROUGE (July 29, 2010) - The state of Louisiana today issued its report on skimming operations on Louisiana's coast. The report was compiled as a result of Governor Jindal's directive to the Louisiana National Guard to monitor and track the deployment of skimmers by the U.S. Coast Guard.

Statewide, there are 353 skimmers total, of which 329 are operational and 201 actually deployed to collect oil on Tuesday. These skimmers collective gathered 4,781 gallons of oil and 482 cubic yards of debris.